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<h1>ParameterGroup</h1>

<p>Visual grouping of report parameters.</p>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>A parameter group creates a visual grouping of 
parameters. The developer controls the order that groups appear in the UI, and 
the order in which parameters appear in the group. A runtime UI may choose to 
allow the user to expand &amp; collapse parameter groups independently.</p>

<h3>Inherited Properties</h3>

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<dt class="inherited-property">name</dt>
<dd>The internal name of the group. The name must be 
unique among parameters and parameter groups. The user will see this name unless 
the display name is defined. The name cannot be externalized.</dd>
<dt class="inherited-property">displayName</dt>
<dd>The name displayed to the end-user for the group.</dd>
<dt class="inherited-property">extends</dt>
<dd>A parameter group can extend a group defined in a 
library. In this case, the report will include all parameters from the library 
group. The application cannot change the set of parameters within the group. If 
the application wishes to change the group; create a new group within the report 
and add the parameters that should appear for the report.</dd>
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<h3>See Also</h3>

<h2 class="property">helpText</h2>

<p>Additional pop-up help text associated with the group.</p>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>Additional pop-up help text associated with the group. 
This text can explain the purpose of the group, or provide overall explanation 
of how a set of parameters work together. The help text can be localized.</p>

<h2 class="property">helpTextID</h2>

<p>Resource key for the help text.</p>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>Resource bundle key for the localizable help text.</p>

<h3>See Also</h3>

<h2 class="property">startExpanded</h2>

<p>Whether the group should start expanded in the UI, or start collapsed.</p>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>If the UI can expand and collapse groups, then the UI 
should assume that groups appear in &quot;collapsed&quot; form by default. Use this 
attribute to cause the group to appear expanded by default instead. Ignored if 
the UI does not support group expand/collapse.</p>

<h3>See Also</h3>

<h2 class="slot">parameters</h2>

<p>The set of parameters that appear inside the group.</p>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>The set of parameters that appear inside the group. The 
UI should ignore the group is empty. Parameters appear in the UI in the same 
order that they appear in this list.</p>

<h3>See Also</h3>
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